Program Manager's Desktop Guide for Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Suppo
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Program Manager's Desktop Guide for Continuous
Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS)
Implementation
14 March 1997
Distribution Statement
A: Approved for public release,
distribution is unlimited.
Not Measurement Sensitive
Foreword
1. This guide was developed by the military services with the assistance of the Department of Defense,
federal agencies, and industry and can be used by all Departments and Agencies of the Department
of Defense.
2. This guide provides information and guidance for applying the CALS strategy to the acquisition,
management, and use of digital data in support of defense weapon systems and equipment. Service
specific information is provided in the appendices of this guide.
3. Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data that may be of
use in improving this guide should be addressed to:
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (A&T)/CALS
Mr. Stanley Dubowski
Suite 1609
5203 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3401
or E-Mail to:
dubowssa@acq.osd.mil
Introduction
Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support (CALS) is a DoD and industry strategy to accelerate the
pace at which high quality information flows within DoD and between DoD and its business partners, and
at the same time providing an opportunity to reduce information management overhead costs. The DoD's
overarching goal in CALS is to develop a seamless defense enterprise in which the knowledge products of
the acquisition process are immediately and rapidly accessible to all users while maintaining near
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